When I first tried this, I was soooo confused! I thought that this and Angel were so identical. Both have that very deep, sweet, almost heady quality... but whereas Angel goes on to Patchouli-ness (I can't wear patchouli, no offense meant to patchouli lovers!) this fragrance takes a different route. Since I drink licorice tea, I can say that I smell it, very faintly in the dry down... and there is a bit of bittersweet quality to the drydown as well, though I honestly can't tell you what that note is. The packaging is quite charming, I love glass apples. ;-)

I really love this fragrance. I received a very generous sample in a swap and I couldnt be happier with it. This is the first perfume that has had any lasting power on me. When I first put it on...I get a strong sweet licorice scent and I smell something like sugar and musk? The smell stays strong for hours...probably five hours later it is a much softer scent but still has the original licorice scent. I think I will have to repurchase once I am all out.

I was searching for something like LUSH American Cream and finally my search is over, the edp of this in orange reddish box smells exactly like LUSH American Cream, think of Vanilla, amere, tonka and to top it all it does not change on my acidic skin and last the whole day a winner!

i've been using this one for... wow... five years. i've also used some others and switched off... but always go back to this. i dont find it heavy as some reviewers have... it's powdery'ish' and i love the way it lingers... it does last a long time (on me) and i find the bottle exquisite

i have a guy friend who told me... a girl in my office just bought or got your perfume, it smells sooo good but it smells like YOU, he said it's weird that i smellyou in my office these days. i kinda think it's cool to have a signature scent... and i think he meant it all as a compliment

This smelled so nice when I sprayed it on the scent strip in the store, however, it smelled absolutely awful on my skin. Spritzed on the scent strip or in the air, this had a very distinct fresh note that really drew me too, it seemed unique compared to what I already own. However, as soon as it hit my skin, the freshness disappeared entirely and all I could smell was a really overwhelming spicy scent with a hint of cloying sweetness. I smelled it several times throughout the day and it didn't seem to morph from this at all.

Lasting power was (unfortunately) very, very good. I sprayed it on in the morning (around 8) and could still smell it when I went to bed (around 10).

Usually I really like orientals, so I don't think it is that factor throwing me off - I just seem to only get one or two notes on my skin, and they aren't the pretty notes!

My husband really liked this in the store, so I got a sample to try (I was already wearing perfume) and when I wore it the next day, he didn't even believe that it was the same perfume! We even sniffed the little sample bottle, thinking maybe the lady at Sephora gave me the wrong sample, but nope - it just smells gross on me, but really nice in the bottle!

I also thought that the bottle was very pretty but totally not practical. The little stem that you have to push on to spray the perfume really hurt my finger/thumb. It is just so small and hard that it puts a lot of pressure on your finger when you push it. I definitely wouldn't want to be pushing that down every morning!

The first spritz is sharp, THICK licoricey too muchness. Then it calms down...the violets make their appearance. The violets are green& slightly herbaceous mixed with the licorice with it's slight minty tang that makes this perfume work. it's sweet, caramel, a gourmand that is turned clean & fresh by the violet & licorice. The longer it wears, the more love it. It almost takes on a your skin but better quality. Very warm, sweet slightly caramelised skin & it's a delight! I adore this!